{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Celebrity, Corruption, and a Very Tiny God","description":"Pop star Nicki Minaj helped launch Donald Trump\u2019s latest scheme\u2014and walked off with a shiny receipt. After backing Trump\u2019s new \u201cTrump Accounts\u201d and pouring serious money into the project, Minaj publicly declared that God is protecting Trump\u2014then promptly showed off a Trump \u201cGold Card,\u201d a not-so-subtle symbol of access for sale. This week, we break down the celebrity worship, divine flattery, and raw pay-to-play politics that turn governance into a transaction. We also dig into conservative outrage over the Super Bowl halftime show, Texas pushing Bible-based curriculum into public schools, a coordinated effort to roll back marriage equality, glaring sentencing disparities between religious offenders, and a rare moment of progress as Orthodox rabbis condemn conversion therapy. Then we close the show by pulling way back\u2014confronting the sheer scale of the universe and asking what happens to small, human-sized gods when faced with billions of galaxies and a cosmos that doesn\u2019t care what we believe. \ud83d\udc49 Support the show and keep fearless atheism alive www.thankgodimatheist.com\/donate ","author_name":"Thank God I'm Atheist","author_url":"https:\/\/www.thankgodimatheist.com\/","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/40020625\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/004d7c\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/198318460"}